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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Edith stay in bed after having a baby?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) Nearly a year.
(d) 4 months.

2. Who argues that war had a tendency to destroy the civilization of learning?
(a) Gordon Finch.
(b) Charles Walker.
(c) Ed Frye.
(d) Archer Sloane.

3. Who reacts in a fit of rage when Stoner says he may enlist in the war?
(a) David Masters.
(b) Ed Frye.
(c) Hollis Lomax.
(d) Archer Sloane.

4. What day of the week does Stoner have a meeting with his two college friends?
(a) Monday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Friday.

5. Who is killed during combat in the war while Stoner is in college?
(a) Charles Walker.
(b) David Masters.
(c) Ed Frye.
(d) Archer Sloane.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the protagonist's grades described when he first starts college?

2. How are the protagonist's attempts at telling his parents he is getting a PhD described?

3. Who originally informs the protagonist about a new college program that he decides to partake in?

4. What does news of never penetrate Stoner as it does other students when he is in college?

5. Who offers Stoner a job at the university as a professor?

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